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7/08/2010

Great Owl Grochet-Along - My Finished Owls

I finally got the pictures of my finished owls together for you. If you remember from the earlier lessons, I was working on four different owls, using different yarns and trying some new things as I went.

The owl that you're probably most familiar with is Big Red, pictured below on the right. To make Big Red, I followed the pattern exactly -- with two exceptions. I used worsted weight yarn instead of sport weight and a G (4 mm) hook. I chose to do this in order to make it a little bit easier to show what I was doing in the lesson pictures.

The little gray owl on the left uses sport weight acrylic yarn on the body and a worsted weight wool yarn for the white accents. I wanted to show here that you can use different weight yarns together successfully -- as long as you keep your gauge consistent. On an interesting note -- even though Big Red is sitting up a little higher than her gray friend, you can easily see a size difference between the two owls.

The tan owl is made exactly to the pattern. I used Red Heart Designer Sport yarns for all of the pieces and a size E (3.5 mm) hook.

The blue owl was my "fun" owl. He's made with worsted weight yarn and a size E (3.5 mm) hook. By comparison, he's definitely smaller than Big Red and seems to have more in common size-wise with his sport-weight cousins. While working on Little Boy Blue, I decided to try embroidering some feathers onto the belly patch. The texture was inspired by one of the Harley & Boss Owlets. Like the gray owl, Little Boy Blue uses plastic safety eyes instead of the embroidered alternative. Blue's eyes are 9 mm translucent owl eyes that I purchased from 6060 and the eyes on the gray owl are the same in a 12 mm size.

For details on the yarns used on each of the owls, please visit my Ravelry notebook. Each of the owls is listed separately.

Love these owls and was disappointed miss out on the CAL. I have bought your pattern from Ravelry though and made a couple for my Fall decorations! http://elfluvsdwarf.blogspot.com/2010/10/flock-of-owls-for-fall.html

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